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Aston Mead backs report advocating development of 45,000 homes in UK high streets
Leading Surrey & Berkshire land agents Aston Mead is throwing its weight behind a new report which suggests that thousands of new homes could be delivered across the UK by developing vacant space in high streets. The report, ‘Making Sense of Mixed-Use Town Centres’ produced by planning and development consultancy Turley, says that there is…
Read MoreArchitrave secures €2M funding
Berlin based #Proptech start up company Architrave, digitising asset management, have secured themselves a €2 million investment from PropTech1 Ventures to digitise real estate documentation. The world of #PropTech continues to grab headline features with growth and investments globally of which Architrave alongside investment from PropTech1 Ventures (Germany’s foremost VC fund focusing on European proptech startups) are one…
Read MoreOver €100M In Online Bids
Irish property technology (PropTech) startup Beagel has today announced that over €100m of bids have been placed through its online bidding technology beagelbid.ie. According to CEO Healy Hynes, the response by the sector has been nothing short of “phenomenal”. “Beagel brings transparency and efficiency to what is arguably the most stressful experience someone can go…
Read MoreTuath Housing Association to redevelop Ellis Court in to Social Housing
An impressive and now vacant Victorian Dublin property (built in the 1880’s) is to be redeveloped in to social housing at a cost of €6 million by Tuath Housing Association. 22 units are to be created within ‘Ellis Court’ which was a former Dublin City Council building that has sat derelict since being damaged by…
Read MoreSkipton International UK buy-to-let mortgages now available to foreign nationals
Skipton International has today [18 February] announced that it will be extending its UK buy- to-let mortgage proposition to include applications from non-UK nationals resident overseas. Previously the offshore lender only offered UK buy-to-let mortgages to British expatriates. This news follows the decision to considerably expand Skipton International’s investment property lending criteria over the last…
Read MoreHousing association Jigsaw Homes to build 50 new homes
Tameside council have received a proposal to build 50 new homes next to the listed Cavendish Mill, off Cavendish Street from Housing association Jigsaw Homes which will include an apartment block and a range of three storey houses. The site which is just 6 miles East of Manchester was recently described a somewhere not to be…
Read MoreBennett Homes continues its shared equity initiative
Bennett Homes are an award winning company building high quality traditional new homes in East Anglia for more than 70 years. It is continuing with the drive to offer affordable housing to the community in 2019 with shared equity schemes available on two and three bedroom houses at The Signals, Watton, and on two bedroom apartments at…
Read MoreFounded in 1825 – Cheffins is changing…
Cheffins has a long and prestigious history, with seven offices across the south-east of England and an array of services offered Residential Sales & Lettings, Property Auctions, Commercial Property, Planning, Machinery & Vintage Auctions and Fine Art. Despite a ‘senior’ position in UK estate agency the brand has gone for a fresh new re-brand and new…
Read MoreElite Conveyancing forms partnership with Wilford Smith Solicitors
The quality-focused, national conveyancing provider, Elite Conveyancing has formed a key strategic partnership with Sheffield and London based Wilford Smith Solicitors which will allow conveyancing lawyers the opportunity to become self-employed Consultants. Essentially, Wilford Smith will become the umbrella brand for a new breed of self-employed lawyers, providing all of the necessary professional and regulatory…
Read Morelove2move announces a new crowdfunding raise
Only two years following its Valentine’s Day launch back in 2017, a Preston based hybrid estate agency platform, love2move, is looking to raise £120,000 via crowdfunding in order to expand its network of agencies using its service. Primarily a concept to combat online estate agents in that it offers traditional style agents with the proprietary tools…
Read MoreResidential development review site launches
Being titled as the ‘Tripadvisor’ for property, allowing tenants and home owners the chance to rate and review new builds, a new concept is hitting the market. Homeviews are said to be bringing transparency to the residential property market for the first time allowing users to read up on property before committing to living in…
Read MoreNoel Gallagher knocks £Millions off the asking price of his London Mansion
Noel Gallagher hopefully will not look back in anger as he knocks off £3 million on his London mansion in desperation of trying to find a buyer. Just how crazy are prices in London? Well Noel Gallagher will certainly be one property owner to study as following a recent £2.5 million knocked off the asking price…
Read MoreProperty Bosses ordered to pay back £182,000
A recent press release on the official gov.uk website highlights the case of a husband and wife team of directors of ‘London and Berkshire Limited‘ who were reported to have taken out payments of at least £182,000 during an investigation by the Official Receiver following the company’s shut down in June 2015. “Husband and wife,…
Read MoreLinley & Simpson Estate Agency snaps up Flemings
An independent estate agency in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, has opened up a new branch replacing a rival agency following a buy out. Linley & Simpson recently acquired the family run firm of Flemings taking over its rental portfolio (and staff) and increasing its network of agencies to 16 after rebranding the store on Robin Lane. Will Linley,…
Read MoreUK HOUSE PRICE GROWTH SLOWEST SINCE JULY 2013
UK house prices grew by 2.5% in the year to December 2018, down from 2.7% in the year to November 2018. This is the lowest annual growth for the UK since July 2013, when house prices increased by 2.3%. House price growth was strongest in Northern Ireland where prices increased by 5.5% over the year…
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